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- Matthiessen wins National Book Award fiction prize - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
NEW YORK _ Judges for the National Book Award honored a comeback, giving the fiction award to Peter Matthiessen's "Shadow Country," a thorough revision of a trilogy of novels from the 1990s. The 81-year-old author last won a National Book Award ...
- There are no words… - Minneapolis Star Tribune
There are no words…Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 4 hours agoAnd to Brandon J for his early-evening poetry. The judge highly recommends some of the entries that came in around 6 pm last night, especially the story of ...
- Helpless, Soucouyant nominated for Toronto Book Award (CBC Toronto)
Barbara Gowdy's novel Helpless, which earlier this year won the Trillium Book Award, and Soucouyant, a debut novel that also was nominated for the Governor General's Award for Literature, are both finalists for the Toronto Book Award.
- Margarete (1981) by Anselm Kiefer (Saatchi collection) - Independent
Margarete (1981) by Anselm Kiefer (Saatchi collection)Independent, UK - 10 hours agoMargarete, indicated by straw, symbolises the German love of land, and the nobility of the German soul, allowing Kiefer to play with complex notions of ...
- Construction innovator Iragorri, 78, was generous (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)
He built hydroelectric dams in the Amazon and renovated the Navy Pier in Chicago. Closer to home, his precast cement slabs bolster H-E-B stores that dot the city.
- Lecture Notes - Indiana University
Lecture NotesIndiana University, IN - 21 minutes agoHe will be discussing his books and poetry. For more information, contact activities@iuk.edu. Sept. 30, 6 pm, Bloomington High School South, ...
- Colorado Prize for Poetry - Fort Collins Now
Colorado Prize for PoetryFort Collins Now, CO - 1 hour agoThe Center is looking for book-length collections of poems. A $1500 honorarium will be awarded to the winner, who will also have their book published ...
- Cesaria Evora’s Unforgettable Voice Transcends Nostalgia - The Santa Barbara Independent
Cesaria Evora’s Unforgettable Voice Transcends NostalgiaThe Santa Barbara Independent, CA - 14 hours agoAbove all, the morna is poetry. The morna is simply the musical term for the Portuguese word sodade. The word “sodade†is specific to the Portuguese ...
- The Great Lotus Stupa - American Chronicle
American ChronicleThe Great Lotus StupaAmerican Chronicle, CA - 4 hours agoA large number of online literary sites feature his writings regularly. Also writes poetry, some which have been published in periodicals, ...
- Learning a lesson before dying - UC Patriot
Learning a lesson before dyingUC Patriot, Kentucky - 1 hour agoIn addition to discussions, you can choose to enter the Big Read competition with winners in three categories – essay, poetry, and art. ...
- Tim Seibles strives to build poetry fans with his readings (Columbia Missourian)
COLUMBIA - Tim Seibles has invented narrative and written prose since childhood, but he didn't come to fully identify as a poet until college. While attending Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Seibles went to a workshop held by then-faculty member and poet Michael Ryan. Ryan read poetry that did more than leave a passing impression on Seibles - it "knocked him out." "The potential for ...
- All-Male Hula for $10, Tap Kick Off N.Y. Dance Season: Preview - Bloomberg
Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Ten dollars for any seat in the house at New York City Center ? That admission fee to the Fall for Dance Festival , Sept. 17 to 27, may be the biggest bargain of the dance season about to launch. Now in its fifth year, the ...
- A sky `fraught with moon,' `air heavy with the silt of stars' (Toronto Star)
Why is it that poets in this country view the writing of a novel as an opportunity to drop a lifetime's pursuit of verbal precision, subtlety and discipline for the joy of spewing great gobs of image-heavy, inert prose onto a page?
- Patti Smith Plays At Sydney Opera - HULIQ.com
For the first time in a decade, the so-called ‘godmother of punk†will perform for Australian audiences, showcasing her critically acclaimed new album Twelve and the best of her back catalogue. Bursting onto the New York music scene in ‘67 ...
- Faith Christian senior 'left impression' at East Coast university - Appeal-Democrat
Faith Christian senior 'left impression' at East Coast universityAppeal-Democrat, CA - 27 minutes ago"He's a really bright kid," the principal said. The four-unit university classes, one an introduction to poetry and the other on wit and humor, ...
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